What is the longest distance with a Bow?

[Vat1n]

Hello, 

Recently, I asked myself the following question : "What is the maximal distance you can reach with a bow?"

Imagine you shoot with a bow from X:0 in the X positive axis. With the perfect angle, what could be the longest distance X? 

So, I asking you which files should I check in order to calculate the longest X. Would it be better to search in the files about the Minecraft physics? 

[warjort]

AbstractArrow.tick() has the "physics"

The calculation is an iteration and uses floating point so it won't match exactly simple equations using calculus.

 

The initial velocity calculation can be found in for example BowItem.releaseUsing() or CrossBowItem.shootProjectile()

For at least the crossbow this has a random component, see Projectile.shoot()

 

There is a kind of cheat answer to your question. The server stops ticking entities at the "simulation distance".

So if the arrow reaches that distance, it will be the maximum, assuming the player stands still and never moves towards the arrow to make it tick again. 🙂 

 

Edited August 17, 2022 by warjort